Herb (given name)

Herb is a given name that is usually a shortened form (hypocorism) of Herbert.

People

Herbert

• Herb Adderley (born 1939), American National Football League retired player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Herb Alpert (born 1935), American musician
• Herb Andress (1935–2004), Austrian actor
• Herb Brooks (1937–2003), American ice hockey coach
• Herb Caen (1916–1997), American journalist
• Herb Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor
• Herb Ellis (born 1921), American jazz guitarist
• Herb Gilbert, Jr. (1917-1983), Australian rugby league footballer
• Herb Gray (1931-2014), Canadian politician and deputy prime minister
• Herb Grosch (born 1918), Canadian computer scientist
• Herb Kawainui Kāne (born 1928), American artist
• Herb Kelleher (born 1931), American businessman
• Herb Klein (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herb Kohl (born 1935), American politician
• Herbert Kohl (educator) (born 1937), advocate of progressive alternative education
• Herb Magidson (1906-1986), American lyricist
• Herb Matthews, Sr. (1894–1964), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Matthews, Jr. (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Orvis (born 1946), American National Football League retired player
• Herb Peterson (1919–2008), American food scientist, inventor of the McDonald's Egg McMuffin
• Herb Rich (born 1928), American National Football League player
• Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American photographer
• Herb Shriner (1918–1970), American humorist
• Herb Thomas (1923-2000), American NASCAR stock car racer
• Herb Trimpe (born 1939), American comic book artist
• Herb Voland (1918–1981), American actor

Other or indeterminate

• Herb Capozzi (1925-2011), Canadian athlete, businessman, sports team manager and politician
• Herb Gray (Canadian football) (1934-2011), American lineman in the Canadian Football League
• Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American musician, singer and songwriter
• Herb Robertson (born 1951), jazz musician
• Herb Scharfman (1912–1998), American photographer
• Herb Wesson (born 1951), American politician

Characters

• Herb (Ranma ½), in the manga series Ranma ½
• Herb Melnick, from the television series Two and a Half Men
• Herb Tarlek, from the television series WKRP in Cincinnati
• Herb Copperbottom, from the film Robots
• Herb Muddlefoot, from the animated series Darkwing Duck

See also

• Herb (surname)